Gangjin-gun Supports Youth Entrepreneurship Dreams in Collaboration with Seoul City

11 Teams Participating in 'NextLocal' Challenge Youth Entrepreneurship Utilizing Local Resources

Gangjin County held the 'Next Local Gangjin Camp' from the 4th to the 5th. (Photo by Gangjin County)

[Gangjin＝Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-su] The ‘Next Local 3rd Cohort’ project, a youth startup support program in collaboration with Seoul City, has taken its first step in Gangjin-gun, Jeollanam-do.

According to the county on the 9th, Next Local is a project supported by Seoul City and 11 local governments nationwide to assist youth startups linked to local resources. It is a project promoted to revitalize regions and solve local problems through startups by Seoul youth utilizing regional resources.

This year, 18 young people from 12 teams who chose Gangjin-gun to pursue their startup dreams will stay in Gangjin-gun for about two months, developing business ideas related to various local resources such as floriculture, tourism, celadon, and traditional liquor, and move towards commercialization.

Afterward, teams selected through the first and second rounds of screening will receive up to 70 million KRW in startup funds supported by Seoul City.

The county held the ‘Next Local Gangjin Regional Camp’ over two days from the 4th to the 5th, where each team presented their business plans and took time for local exploration.

County Governor Lee Seung-ok said, “We will strive to ensure that Gangjin-gun’s abundant local resources develop into new opportunities for youth startups, revitalizing the region and laying the foundation for youth population inflow and job creation.”

Meanwhile, last year, 11 people from 8 teams participated in the ‘Next Local 2nd Cohort’ project, of which 3 teams were finally selected and are currently focusing on startup activities utilizing local resources such as barley and celadon.

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